“Apple no longer plans to change the behavior of the VPN On Demand feature of iOS 6.1 for devices that have already been shipped. The “Always” option will continue to work as it currently does on these devices.”

By mentioning that it will not change the VPN On Demand feature for the devices already shipped, Apple leaves the door open for the changes to be implemented on future devices. This suggests the two companies have possibly reached an agreement out of court, but we have no confirmation as yet.

The patent litigation forced Apple to change/remove the “Always” configuration option for VPN on demand, replacing it with the “Establish if needed” option. The change was scheduled to arrive as a software update in April.